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I prayed Tahajjud for months and felt nothing. Then one night, I didn’t ask for anything. And something changed.
My Tahajjud had slowly become just requests: rizq, marriage, open doors, relief from anxiety.
Wake up. Pray. Ask.
Leave.
Like I was turning sujood into a checklist.
Talk… and walk away.
Wake up. Pray. Ask.
Leave.
Like I was turning sujood into a checklist.
Talk… and walk away.
One night I was exhausted.
I finished my du’a… and stayed down.
No words. Just silence in sujood.
And for the first time in a long time - it didn’t feel empty.
Not a voice. Not a sign.
Just stillness.
A calm I can’t really explain.
I finished my du’a… and stayed down.
No words. Just silence in sujood.
And for the first time in a long time - it didn’t feel empty.
Not a voice. Not a sign.
Just stillness.
A calm I can’t really explain.
Scotia Bank Canada was emailing sensitive banking information for one of its customers in Canada, to me, for almost a year. When it first started happening last year around August, I called the customer service line for BNS Ja and was advised to write an email to my home branch.
I did and nothing happened.
In March of this year the emails got more numerous and more and more sensitive. I'm talking links to secured loan transactions for document signs offs and deposit alerts. I was shocked just how much info I was getting on this person i didn't know.
In March of this year the emails got more numerous and more and more sensitive. I'm talking links to secured loan transactions for document signs offs and deposit alerts. I was shocked just how much info I was getting on this person i didn't know.
the only thing we had in common, we shared a last name and first initial. I have been using my email with the bank for close to 20 years. This person just opened an account. How could this be happening?
Discussing O80 on CRT AIC - motion w/consent of author to refer to next year (already several other AICs ahead of it)
Substitute motion to answer in the negative - not as pressing in current conversation
Substitute motion to answer in the negative - not as pressing in current conversation
Should the substitute (to answer O80 in the negative) become the main? Yes. 90-34-0
Voting to answer O80 in the negative
❌O80 105-25-2
Voting to answer O80 in the negative
❌O80 105-25-2
Discussing O27 - regarding SJC assuming original jurisdiction. Motion to refer back to Presbytery.
Substitute to be answered in affirmative as amended. 20% of Presbyteries (instead of 2 or 3).
Substitute to be answered in affirmative as amended. 20% of Presbyteries (instead of 2 or 3).
1/ The Russian warblogger 'Fighterbomber', a retired Russian air force pilot, is taking heavy flak from other warbloggers for disclosing a fuel delivery to Crimea that the Ukrainians promptly blew up. "Go fuck yourself. Preferably holding hands," he responds. ⬇️ 
2/ On 17 June, in an apparent attempt to refute widespread accounts of fuel shortages in Crimea, 'Fighterbomber' wrote on his Telegram channel: "The audience is saying that fuel has arrived in Crimea. Lots of it. There's more coming. 😍"
3/ Three days later, Ukrainian forces struck the Kerch oil terminal's fuel depot, causing a major fire. An official Ukrainian Telegram channel trolled Fighterbomber by crediting the warblogger for the strike (it's unlikely that he had any influence on it).
Bolton: Damage to Iran's military infrastructure is real, but the regime stays and this deal is a significant political defeat.
Trump wanted the strait open to get gasoline prices down before November. He lost sight of the strategic issues that should have been central. 1/
Trump wanted the strait open to get gasoline prices down before November. He lost sight of the strategic issues that should have been central. 1/
Bolton: Gulf Arabs will live in fear that Tehran turns the strait on and off like a light switch.
Friends around the world wonder even more what an American commitment means. If we had taken military control of the strait at the outset, none of this would have happened. 2/
Friends around the world wonder even more what an American commitment means. If we had taken military control of the strait at the outset, none of this would have happened. 2/
Bolton on the $300B fund Trump says the US won't pay for, the MOU says the US undertakes to create this fund "while ensuring financing of at least $300 billion."
That is a guarantee, and the US is the guarantor. If the Saudis and Emirates won't pay, it comes from us. 3X
That is a guarantee, and the US is the guarantor. If the Saudis and Emirates won't pay, it comes from us. 3X
Shilajit is NOT a Testosterone booster, it is a mitochondrial enhancer, which is where it truly shines.
1g in morning = amazing workout + brain energy
but why?
THREAD🧵
1g in morning = amazing workout + brain energy
but why?
THREAD🧵
DBPs in Shilajit (and why they're so interesting)
Most people talk about how Shilajit contains a lot of trace minerals and Fulvic acid.
But the most interesting compounds that can be found in Shilajit are the DBPs, which are also known as:
Dibenzo-alpha-pyrones
let me explain👇
Most people talk about how Shilajit contains a lot of trace minerals and Fulvic acid.
But the most interesting compounds that can be found in Shilajit are the DBPs, which are also known as:
Dibenzo-alpha-pyrones
let me explain👇
Why are these DBPs so beneficial?
there are 3 big reasons
(boring science warning)
NUMBER ONE:
they're 'Quinone-like' compounds
DBPs are technically not Quinones, because they do not have the structure of a Quinone (their core structure is a fused tricyclic lactone and not a cyclic dione)
But they act like quinones in redox reactions, electron transport, and mitochondrial function due to how they cycle between three redox states (reduced, semiquinone radical, and oxidized/quinone-like forms).
Accepting electrons from Complex I and II → then carrying those electrons to Complex III → in Complex III the electrons are donated and carried to Complex IV where the electrons are handed off to Oxygen preventing electrons to accumulate at Complex III and excess ROS to be produced
NUMBER TWO:
They work in tandem with CoQ10
CoQ10 shuttles electrons between Complex I/II & III but can be easily oxidized back from Ubiquinol (active CoQ10) back into Ubiquinon (oxidized form) under stress.
DBPs prevent the oxidation of Ubiquinol into Ubiquinon, and keep CoQ10 in its reduced form, protecting it from oxidative stress.
What does this mean?
Ubiquinol stays active for a longer time duration in the ETC (electron transport chain) causing less electron leakage and increased ATP production
↓
Ubiquinol is kept in the reduced form and its ability to neutralize free radicals is extended because of how Ubiquinol acts as antioxidant
↓
Mitochondrial membrane potential is now better preserved
↓
Energy production stays stable and efficient under stress, heavy exercise or even prolonged period of focus and attention
↓
Can handle more exercise, more work and even more emotional stress
(more on how Shilajit/DBPs enhance brain energy through improved mitochondrial function of the PFC later in this thread)
NUMBER THREE:
Mitophagy benefits of DBPs
Mitophagy is the process where your cells detect/recycle damaged/dysfunctional mitochondria through autophagy which prevents excessive ROS/oxidative stress and ensures that inefficient mitochondria are cleared away, keeping energy production efficient.
This helps to prevent fast aging, low energy and diseases.
So how does Shialjit enhance mitophagy through DBPs?
One of the primary DBPs in Shilajit is:
‘3,8-dihydroxy-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one’
this DBP is chemically similar to Urolithin A
It stabilizes PINK1 on damaged mitochondria, which then helps to recruit ‘Parkin” which then makes the mitochondria a visible target for mitophagy by attaching ubiquitin chains to the many proteins that sit on the outer membrane of the mitochondria.
there are 3 big reasons
(boring science warning)
NUMBER ONE:
they're 'Quinone-like' compounds
DBPs are technically not Quinones, because they do not have the structure of a Quinone (their core structure is a fused tricyclic lactone and not a cyclic dione)
But they act like quinones in redox reactions, electron transport, and mitochondrial function due to how they cycle between three redox states (reduced, semiquinone radical, and oxidized/quinone-like forms).
Accepting electrons from Complex I and II → then carrying those electrons to Complex III → in Complex III the electrons are donated and carried to Complex IV where the electrons are handed off to Oxygen preventing electrons to accumulate at Complex III and excess ROS to be produced
NUMBER TWO:
They work in tandem with CoQ10
CoQ10 shuttles electrons between Complex I/II & III but can be easily oxidized back from Ubiquinol (active CoQ10) back into Ubiquinon (oxidized form) under stress.
DBPs prevent the oxidation of Ubiquinol into Ubiquinon, and keep CoQ10 in its reduced form, protecting it from oxidative stress.
What does this mean?
Ubiquinol stays active for a longer time duration in the ETC (electron transport chain) causing less electron leakage and increased ATP production
↓
Ubiquinol is kept in the reduced form and its ability to neutralize free radicals is extended because of how Ubiquinol acts as antioxidant
↓
Mitochondrial membrane potential is now better preserved
↓
Energy production stays stable and efficient under stress, heavy exercise or even prolonged period of focus and attention
↓
Can handle more exercise, more work and even more emotional stress
(more on how Shilajit/DBPs enhance brain energy through improved mitochondrial function of the PFC later in this thread)
NUMBER THREE:
Mitophagy benefits of DBPs
Mitophagy is the process where your cells detect/recycle damaged/dysfunctional mitochondria through autophagy which prevents excessive ROS/oxidative stress and ensures that inefficient mitochondria are cleared away, keeping energy production efficient.
This helps to prevent fast aging, low energy and diseases.
So how does Shialjit enhance mitophagy through DBPs?
One of the primary DBPs in Shilajit is:
‘3,8-dihydroxy-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one’
this DBP is chemically similar to Urolithin A
It stabilizes PINK1 on damaged mitochondria, which then helps to recruit ‘Parkin” which then makes the mitochondria a visible target for mitophagy by attaching ubiquitin chains to the many proteins that sit on the outer membrane of the mitochondria.
Goodbye Keir Starmer. Once described as “The walking embodiment of Human Rights Law”, he was elected as a sensible technocrat pledging to stem the tide of populism and ousted as a censorious technocrat unable to stem the tide of populism
Master Thread of Keir Starmer Tweets 🧵
Master Thread of Keir Starmer Tweets 🧵
Who is Sir Keir Starmer?
Keeping up with Keir
Graham: If the Iran deal fails, Trump takes the Strait of Hormuz by force. The US will control it and charge a fee for all ships passing through.
He says he spent four and a half hours with Trump on Friday laying this out. Expand the Abraham Accords in 2026. 1/
He says he spent four and a half hours with Trump on Friday laying this out. Expand the Abraham Accords in 2026. 1/
Graham: New policy if diplomacy collapses — when Hezbollah attacks Israel, the US hits Iran directly.
Not the proxy. Iran itself. "If Iran tests control of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States, we will obliterate them." To the Iranians: that is the message. 2/
Not the proxy. Iran itself. "If Iran tests control of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States, we will obliterate them." To the Iranians: that is the message. 2/
Graham: On the $300B fund he called "a Marshall Plan for Germany with the Nazis still in charge", he changed position.
If money comes from Sunni Arabs, not the West, it proves Iran changed. "Do you think Saudi Arabia will invest in a theocracy bent on destroying Sunni Islam?" 3/
If money comes from Sunni Arabs, not the West, it proves Iran changed. "Do you think Saudi Arabia will invest in a theocracy bent on destroying Sunni Islam?" 3/
Recommend Assembly find O42 moot (replace phrase that somehow went missing from 29-1) - Stated Clerk and CCB both say it's editorial and OC doesn't need to make a recommendation. Thanks to the Presbytery for noticing the omission.
💀 125-1-1
💀 125-1-1
Discussing O35 - deadline for an indictment, avoiding using the process as a punishment
Overture author make an amendment. Now would require indictment within 90 or charges must be dropped.
Substitute motion to answer in the negative.
Overture author make an amendment. Now would require indictment within 90 or charges must be dropped.
Substitute motion to answer in the negative.
Speech against the Overture - prompt process is important, but cases vary. One case took better than 6 months to write an indictment because of multiple reluctant witnesses. Presbyteries can create time limits when empowering a judicial commission.
I love the BBC. It gave me everything I have (well, them and ITN who have been amazing as well). But there is an internal civil war going on and this article tells you everything you need to know:
"... we apologise for the failures in our reporting."
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
"... we apologise for the failures in our reporting."
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Here we go:
"Update 17 June: This article was originally published without including key details about this case, due to miscommunication between BBC reporters in court and the writers. We have updated the article to explain that...
"Update 17 June: This article was originally published without including key details about this case, due to miscommunication between BBC reporters in court and the writers. We have updated the article to explain that...
... these threats were directed at three all-girls' schools, related to the "misgendering" of trans girls and that Darren Rigby identified in one threat as a trans woman...
This agency didn’t scale by adding headcount.
It scaled by adding Viktor.
In 30 days, they generated $133,752 in new ARR with the same team and same service line.
The difference was execution.🧵
It scaled by adding Viktor.
In 30 days, they generated $133,752 in new ARR with the same team and same service line.
The difference was execution.🧵
Meet Viktor.
An AI employee that lives inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 3,000+ tools, and helps teams execute work that normally never gets done.
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Reports, research, content planning, outreach, dashboards.
The requests happen in chat.
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The requests happen in chat.
The outputs come back in chat.
United States v. Allen
(WHCA Dinner Shooter)
Judge McFadden DENIES the defense's motion to disqualify @USAttyPirro and @DAGToddBlanche from the case.
(WHCA Dinner Shooter)
Judge McFadden DENIES the defense's motion to disqualify @USAttyPirro and @DAGToddBlanche from the case.
Defense had argued that Blanche and Pirro being at the scene of the alleged crime and publicly commenting on it had created a conflict.
The four main arguments were the following:
(1) Their presence at the WHCA Dinner made them witnesses (both reported hearing the gunshots)
(2) Their presence at the WHCA Dinner made them potential victims of Allen (according to the gov't's theory of the case), (both reported that they were in the “line of fire” and had to be evacuated)
(3) Blanche and Pirro's statements to media about the events at the WHCA Dinner were prejudicial and showed bias
(4) Citing the longtime friendship of Trump and Pirro, Trump being the alleged intended victim, and Pirro being the prosecutor, this created an appearance of impropriety.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
The four main arguments were the following:
(1) Their presence at the WHCA Dinner made them witnesses (both reported hearing the gunshots)
(2) Their presence at the WHCA Dinner made them potential victims of Allen (according to the gov't's theory of the case), (both reported that they were in the “line of fire” and had to be evacuated)
(3) Blanche and Pirro's statements to media about the events at the WHCA Dinner were prejudicial and showed bias
(4) Citing the longtime friendship of Trump and Pirro, Trump being the alleged intended victim, and Pirro being the prosecutor, this created an appearance of impropriety.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge McFadden addresses argument (1)—Blanche and Pirro were witnesses.
"...whatever firsthand knowledge they have about Allen’s actions appears limited to what anyone in the ballroom would have..."
"...absent special circumstances, an attorney can “elect in which capacity [he] intend[s] to proceed, either as counsel or as a witness.” Because neither side indicates that it plans to call Blanche or Pirro as a witness, the advocate-witness rule poses no concerns."
"...whatever firsthand knowledge they have about Allen’s actions appears limited to what anyone in the ballroom would have..."
"...absent special circumstances, an attorney can “elect in which capacity [he] intend[s] to proceed, either as counsel or as a witness.” Because neither side indicates that it plans to call Blanche or Pirro as a witness, the advocate-witness rule poses no concerns."
